How Many Country Classics Mention Tears?By Book of Odds' original count, 31 of the 100 songs on CMT's 2003 list of country's greatest songs mention tears or crying, about 1 in 3.23.
Rock or Country: Which Leads US Streams?In Luminate's 2025 US data, rock accounted for 18.6% of on-demand audio streams, about twice country's 8.7% (our arithmetic).